biting

1. To cut into something by clamping the teeth.

   As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.

2. To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
3. To attack with the teeth.

   That dog is about to bite!

4. To behave aggressively; to reject advances.

   If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite.

5. To take hold; to establish firm contact with.

   I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.

6. To have significant effect, often negative.

   For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite.

7. (of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.

   Are the fish biting today?

8. To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.

   I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?

9. (of an insect) To sting.

   These mosquitoes are really biting today!

10. To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.

    It bites like pepper or mustard.

11. (sometimes figurative) To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.

    Pepper bites the mouth.

12. To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
13. To take or keep a firm hold.

    The anchor bites.

14. To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.

    The anchor bites the ground.

15. To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.

    This music really bites.

16. To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.

    You don't like that I sat on your car? Bite me.

17. To plagiarize, to imitate.

    He always be biting my moves.

18. To deceive or defraud; to take in.

noun

An instance of something being bitten.

1. Causing a stinging sensation.

   a biting wind

2. Cutting or incisive.

   a biting criticism

3. Tending to bite.

   a biting insect